In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MONOCLE
monocle, eyeglass
(noun) lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monocle (plural monocles)
A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
(obsolete) A one-eyed animal.
Anagrams
• locomen
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*cle, n. Etym: [F. See Monocular.]
Definition: An eyeglass for one eye. Simmonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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